3 files changed, 29 insertions, 50 deletions
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
index 68e92652ed..ddc5038cff 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
@@ -53,13 +53,37 @@ int local_open_nofollow(FsContext *fs_ctx, const char *path, int flags,
                         mode_t mode)
 {
     LocalData *data = fs_ctx->private;
-
-    /* All paths are relative to the path data->mountfd points to */
-    while (*path == '/') {
-        path++;
+    int fd = data->mountfd;
+
+    while (*path && fd != -1) {
+        const char *c;
+        int next_fd;
+        char *head;
+
+        /* Only relative paths without consecutive slashes */
+        assert(*path != '/');
+
+        head = g_strdup(path);
+        c = strchrnul(path, '/');
+        if (*c) {
+            /* Intermediate path element */
+            head[c - path] = 0;
+            path = c + 1;
+            next_fd = openat_dir(fd, head);
+        } else {
+            /* Rightmost path element */
+            next_fd = openat_file(fd, head, flags, mode);
+            path = c;
+        }
+        g_free(head);
+        if (fd != data->mountfd) {
+            close_preserve_errno(fd);
+        }
+        fd = next_fd;
     }
 
-    return relative_openat_nofollow(data->mountfd, path, flags, mode);
+    assert(fd != data->mountfd);
+    return fd;
 }
 
 int local_opendir_nofollow(FsContext *fs_ctx, const char *path)
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.c
index fdb4d57376..f709c27a1f 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.c
@@ -14,49 +14,6 @@
 #include "qemu/xattr.h"
 #include "9p-util.h"
 
-int relative_openat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *path, int flags,
-                             mode_t mode)
-{
-    int fd;
-
-    fd = dup(dirfd);
-    if (fd == -1) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    while (*path) {
-        const char *c;
-        int next_fd;
-        char *head;
-
-        /* Only relative paths without consecutive slashes */
-        assert(path[0] != '/');
-
-        head = g_strdup(path);
-        c = strchr(path, '/');
-        if (c) {
-            head[c - path] = 0;
-            next_fd = openat_dir(fd, head);
-        } else {
-            next_fd = openat_file(fd, head, flags, mode);
-        }
-        g_free(head);
-        if (next_fd == -1) {
-            close_preserve_errno(fd);
-            return -1;
-        }
-        close(fd);
-        fd = next_fd;
-
-        if (!c) {
-            break;
-        }
-        path = c + 1;
-    }
-
-    return fd;
-}
-
 ssize_t fgetxattrat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *filename, const char *name,
                              void *value, size_t size)
 {
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
index 517027c520..91299a24b8 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ static inline int openat_file(int dirfd, const char *name, int flags,
     return fd;
 }
 
-int relative_openat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *path, int flags,
-                             mode_t mode);
 ssize_t fgetxattrat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *path, const char *name,
                              void *value, size_t size);
 int fsetxattrat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *path, const char *name,